I am aware of the sticks. I need a flexible solution though. I want to create a display that simulates pulses traveling down optical fiber and hitting points of reflection (e.g. connectors). It is for a fiber optics conference later in the year.If you only need a few dots, the Chauvet Freedom stick has 16 addressable RGB pods .. it's also wireless and battery powered which give some options.
They're like 50" long.
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While a good idea, this would only lights the ends of the fiber and not illuminate areas between the ends of the fiber. Additionally, unless you're looking at the end of the fiber, you wouldn't even see it. Depending on the size of the area this is shown in, your audience may not see it at all.
Since light travels at the speed of light, it is difficult to show a pulse of light traveling through a fiber. I need to slow this waaaaayyyyyy down. Also, fiber optic cables work by keeping light within the core (typically just 62.5, 50 or 9 microns wide). I need the light to escape so people can visualize this.
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